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I'm about to move to Anchorage for three years and I didn't see an Alaskan themed thread. Any fellow CAGs there?

wow no one lol

Yeah, there are a few of us here, I started a thread like this over a year ago (see here http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=194277). No one replied to your thread because there really aren't any deals to be had here so I don't think many of us look at the regional threads.

Get used to not being able to get in on many of the deals you see on CAG while living here. Many online places, especially Newegg, are out because of shipping, they will only do over night which is ridiculous. We can get the TRU deals but you need to act fast because they usually don't have many copies and then about a week after the items come out they jack up the prices. At TRU new releases are 68.99 a week after they are out and all accessories are higher, at Best Buy too, they run around $3-5 more.

Anyway if you ever need help with game stuff or shopping up here, or someone to play online with, send me a message.

Welcome to this dump. But hey it's not that bad, we got free national advertising for the town the other night with two murders on two episodes of Forensic Files.

Luckily I got the BX to fall back on if I need too. Just got here and I saw a few deals at the Target and Best Buy near the bases.
Got a quick question. Is there a good sports bar that shows football on Sundays and has the NFL ticket and a bunch of TVs to show the games? I went to Buffalo wild wings in San Antonio to watch my Pats but there doesn't seem to be one up here. Games starting at 9 a.m. is going to be trippy

Originally Posted by jlarlee Got a quick question. Is there a good sports bar that shows football on Sundays and has the NFL ticket and a bunch of TVs to show the games? I went to Buffalo wild wings in San Antonio to watch my Pats but there doesn't seem to be one up here. Games starting at 9 a.m. is going to be trippy

The Peanut Farm on Old Seward http://wemustbenuts.com/ seems to be the place to hang out here in town. Alot of the other bars are dives and not what I think you are looking for (unless you like drunken knife fights). Any other questions feel free to ask.

I'm an Alaskan! too bad about the newegg shipping..the only deals I can really jump on are from amazon cuz I'm quite a ways from the nearest city

Fred Meyers, Soldotna, Rainbow Six Vegas 1 (360), $10.

The "clearance" section is pretty sad. Virtua Fighter 5 (360)
has been there for about 6 months, and it still costs $25.

Target, in Wasilla, has a few deals. The clearance section
is near the video game section. I got "Legends of WWF (360)
for $15.

There are a handful of thrift shops. In Soldotna, there's a Salvation
Army store. I found a sealed copy of Load Runner 2, on 3.5 floppy
disc. In a place called "Bargain Basement", in Kenai, I found a Sega
Saturn for $20. I have yet to test it. They have a good variety of
games from different systems, even some Atari carts.

Originally Posted by Naterrs I'm an Alaskan! too bad about the newegg shipping..the only deals I can really jump on are from amazon cuz I'm quite a ways from the nearest city

"Oh my, you're from Alaska? I'm sorry, but we only ship 2-day air
to Alaska. What's this? A PO Box? I'm sorry, but we don't ship
to PO Boxes."

I really like Amazon. I've saved a bunch with their free shipping.
Sure, it may take a week or two, but it's free. Just time out your
shipments, and you'll have something to do while you wait.
From Amazon directly, most of the stuff can be shipped to a PO
Box, but some items can't. For those, I have a physical
address that they can ship to.

With the sites that only offer expensive shipping, you can normally
add a lot to your order before the shipping cost jumps a step.
I get from places like this is they have a really good deal, or a hard
to find game.

Fairbanksan here.

You're lucky you have Best Buy and TRU in Anchorage. I have to make due with the occasional Fred Meyer deal and Gamestop coupons. Still, I do OK when you factor in Amazon deals too.

Ever see the price of games in the Bush though? I had to go to Bethel for work last month and they were selling Halo 3 for $150!

Yea I've seen some of the crazioness on prices. I'm hoping to get ODST from TRU tommorrow and get that gift card.
Is there a good place in town to get a car detailed. Two weeks of driving through canada with kids made my van look like ass

Originally Posted by GlassAgate "Oh my, you're from Alaska? I'm sorry, but we only ship 2-day air to Alaska. What's this? A PO Box? I'm sorry, but we don't ship to PO Boxes." I really like Amazon. I've saved a bunch with their free shipping. Sure, it may take a week or two, but it's free. Just time out your shipments, and you'll have something to do while you wait. From Amazon directly, most of the stuff can be shipped to a PO Box, but some items can't. For those, I have a physical address that they can ship to. With the sites that only offer expensive shipping, you can normally add a lot to your order before the shipping cost jumps a step. I get from places like this is they have a really good deal, or a hard to find game.

Yeah, I don't get the two day only shipping to this place. I sell games on ebay all the time and it costs me about $1.80 through USPS for first class, so it is obviously available and cheap so I don't know how these companies get off on not using it.

Their loss, I just go through amazon. I have noticed on bigger items, like a console, I will get UPS ground even with the free shipping which is nice of them. Anyone ever have luck price matching at BB here, I've tried but they never seem to even know the deals in their own stores.

At least in Anchorage we have access to some of the stores. When I lived in Fairbanks from 97-00, I had to mail order everything because there was only Fred's who would get things weeks later or a local shop that would charge twice the price.

As far as car detailing, I don't know of any big companies that do that here, mostly small mom and pop type places you'll see around town. I usually don't bother, in a week my jeep is usually just as dirty again. Maybe there is a place on your base that can do it.

Welcome to town.

I did the ODST deal at TRU with no problem

Originally Posted by jlarlee I did the ODST deal at TRU with no problem

Yeah, they do come through with the good deals on release week, but as you may have noticed most of the new games that have been out a little while are in the $65 to $68 range, and the accessories are really overpriced.

Have fun with it.

Any good place in town to buy install snow tires

blame it all on Sarah Palin

Originally Posted by jlarlee Any good place in town to buy install snow tires

Johnsons is the main store in town for that, also on Old Seward down toward Dimond mall there is a place called American Tire that has good service. Stay away from Sears, they'll have your vehicle for days.

lived there for 20 years till 2007. Returning there in 2009 or 2010. I guess it's where I (we) belong.

Originally Posted by eldergamer lived there for 20 years till 2007. Returning there in 2009 or 2010. I guess it's where I (we) belong.

You can have it, lived in Anchorage for 1.5 and Fairbanks for 3 years, had enough. I'm moving back to Ohio next summer.

Lol. Some people are just made to live in Alaska, others not so much. Been here a few years now, absolutely hate it. Leaving once I finish college.

Originally Posted by Thongsy Lol. Some people are just made to live in Alaska, others not so much. Been here a few years now, absolutely hate it. Leaving once I finish college.

I just miss different restaurants and amenities, well and culture, ok civilzation. I would kill someone for some white castles about right now, I'm getting too old to keep going without all the different things I like, so I hear ya, time to get the hell out of dodge.